ログインNORA’S POV Sprinting down the main corridor, my oversized shirt flapped around my thighs. Panic squeezed my throat so tightly I could barely draw a full breath. The guard at Kai’s door had just told me the twins went to the western boundary. They were walking straight into the slaughterhouse from my nightmare, and they had absolutely no idea.Rounding the final corner, the massive iron front doors of the Packhouse came into view."Stop right there!" a deep voice barked.Two heavily armored enforcers stepped directly in front of the exit. They lowered their silver-laced rifles, blocking the heavy brass handles completely."Let me out!" I screamed, not slowing down until I was inches from their weapons. "I need to get to the western boundary right now!""Are you out of your damn mind?" the guard on the left grunted, looking at me like I was a rabid dog. "Nobody leaves the Packhouse after dark. It is a direct order from the Kings.""The Alphas are walking into a trap!" I pleaded, grabbi
THIRD PERSON’S POV Slapping a metal tool into his hand, a nurse wiped sweat from the doctor's forehead."Pressure is bottoming out!" the anesthesiologist warned from the head of the table. "Sixty over forty. Fifty over thirty. He is crashing, Doctor!""Push epinephrine!" Aris shouted, desperately trying to stitch the torn pulmonary artery together. "Come on, Kai. Fight it. Let your wolf do the heavy lifting!"But Kai’s wolf was silent. The beast's claws had done something unnatural, poisoning the Lycan’s innate ability to heal.Suddenly, the rapid, frantic beeping of the heart monitor shifted. It slowed down into three sluggish, heavy thuds.Beep... Beep... Beep...Then, one long, continuous, terrifying tone pierced the quiet room.BEEEEEEEEEEEP."He flatlined!" the anesthesiologist screamed. "We lost the pulse!""Start compressions!" Aris roared, dropping his tools entirely.A nurse jumped onto a step stool, locking her hands over Kai’s shattered sternum. She pushed down hard, despe
THIRD PERSON’S POVHot blood gushed relentlessly through Halil’s fingers.Kneeling, Halil pressed his full body weight down on Kai’s shattered chest. The jagged, exposed edges of his brother's ribs scraped violently against Halil's bare palms, but he didn't care about the pain. He only cared about the pool of blood expanding across the wet gravel."Medic!" Halil roared again, his voice cracking with pure, unhinged desperation. "Where the fuck is the medic?"Running blindly through the thick fog, a young field medic named Hayes skidded to a halt beside them. He dropped his heavy green trauma bag into the mud. Ripping the zipper open, Hayes pulled out a thick stack of sterile combat gauze."Move your hands, Alpha!" Hayes shouted, trying to wedge himself closer to the wound."If I move my hands, he bleeds out!" Halil yelled back, his golden eyes wide with panic."I have to pack the cavity!" Hayes insisted, shoving Halil's thick arms aside.Looking down at the horrific injury, all the col
KAI’S POV KAI"They are completely blind out there!" Gideon’s voice echoed loudly through the SUV speakers.Tires spinning aggressively in the wet mud, Halil kept his foot slammed on the gas pedal. I sat in the passenger seat, my heart hammering violently against my ribs."ETA is two minutes," Halil barked into the dashboard comms. "Tell the backup units to flank the eastern ridge. Nobody moves until we hit the front line.""Understood, Alpha," Gideon replied before the line clicked shut.Adrenaline flooded my veins like liquid fire. My inner wolf paced frantically, clawing at my chest, completely desperate to get out. Staring out the windshield, the thick gray fog swallowed the headlights. We were driving entirely blind.Slamming the brakes, the heavy armored SUV skidded sideways into the gravel parking lot of the western checkpoint.Kicking my door open, I leaped out into the freezing cold.Dozens of foot soldiers were already there. They stood in human form, holding heavy assault
NORA’S POVI needed answers. And that quest led me to Emrys the next morning once I was out of the dining room.Pushing the heavy glass doors open, warm air from the sunroom hit my face.Grandma Emrys sat in her usual velvet chair, staring blankly out the window at the gray morning sky. She didn't look angry today. She just looked incredibly old and deeply exhausted. Gripping the doorframe, I hesitated for a second before stepping inside."Emrys?"Turning her head slowly, the old Queen offered a weak smile. "Come in, Nora. Sit down. You look like you haven't slept in a week."Sitting on the edge of the opposite sofa, I rubbed my tired eyes. "I haven't. But that isn't why I am here. I need to ask you something about Chloe.""The Thorne girl?" Emrys frowned, adjusting her grip on her silver cane. "What about her?""Do you know why her brother dragged her here yesterday?" I asked, leaning forward eagerly. "Preston looked like he had been beaten half to death. He pulled her into a private
NORAHeavy, wet breathing echoed directly behind my ears.Running blindly through the thick pine trees, the freezing snow tore at my bare feet. My lungs burned with every single desperate gasp. The dark forest was completely silent except for the terrifying sound of massive, heavy footsteps crushing the frozen ground right behind me.Keep moving, my brain screamed.Tripping over a hidden tree root, I crashed hard into the snow. The freezing wetness soaked instantly through my thin nightgown. Scrambling to my hands and knees, I desperately tried to push myself back up.A deafening, guttural roar shook the trees.Spinning around, I saw him.Kai exploded out of the dark bushes. He wasn't in his human form. He was shifted into his massive, golden Lycan form. His fur practically glowed in the moonlight, and his amber eyes burned with absolute, lethal rage. Snarling viciously, he completely ignored me and lunged directly over my head."Kai, no!" I screamed, shielding my face with my arms.H
NORA“Are you there?”“Hmm?”“Can you hear me? Nora… Nora.”I felt like crap.Waking up, the harsh smell of bleach and rubbing alcohol immediately assaulted my nose.Bright fluorescent lights blinded me for a second. Blinking rapidly, I tried to turn my head, but a sharp spike of pain shot straight
NORA’S POV. I groaned, struggling to pry my eyes open. “Our Luna decided to grace us with her consciousness.” A stern voice cut across the room. I made to sit up, but all my bones felt like they were crushed under the weight of a boulder. My eyes lingered around the room. It wasn’t like my room i
AIDEN’S POV I did the right thing. I was sure of it. Nora was no good. She couldn’t even bear me a pup, not even a female. Her body was frail, and clearly cannot carry my seed. I tightened my grip around my pen, as I scribbled some words onto the document, my heart in a completely different place
KAI’S POV You’ve got to be kidding me. A stray. A fucking stray that had tinges of rejection all over her. To make it worse, she was wolfless. My eyes hovered all over her, and my heart boiled with a mixture of disgust. Why on earth would the moon goddess think she could link us to a stray as a s







